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Is Egypt Heading toward a Military Regime?
Hizbullah
Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria
Iran sees the civil war in Syria as a war of survival against a radical Sunni uprising that views Iran and the Shiites as infidels to be annihilated. Read More »
Assassination of Iranian General in Syria
The death in Syria of Gen. Hassan Shateri of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps confirms that elements of the Iranian army are involved in Hizbullah’s activity. Read More »
Will Europe Define Hizbullah as a Terrorist Organization?
This is not the first time Europe has waffled when it comes to defining terrorism. Since the days of Maximilian Robespierre, the word Terreur has evoked horror and aversion and sparked philosophical and political debates. The organizations and militias that ... Read More »
Hizbullah’s Unspoken War in Syria
Hizbullah claims control of 18 Shiite villages in Syria along the border with Lebanon. Read More »
Will Lebanon Help Iran Circumvent Sanctions?
As part of its efforts to break the grip of Western sanctions, Iran is working intensively to develop its economic ties with Lebanon. Read More »
Iran Takes Off the Gloves
It is no longer clear that Iran sees carrying out an attack in the U.S. as crossing some sort of red line. Read More »
Iran: From Regional Challenge
to Global Threat
This anthology of 31 recent studies by eleven leading security and diplomatic experts outlines the Iranian threat to Israel, the Middle East region, and the West. Read More »
Iran: The Syrian Highway in the Fight Against Israel Is Still Open
The wave of protest in Syria has put to the test the strategic alliance between Iran (and Hizbullah) and Bashar Assad’s regime. Syria is the main state component of the “resistance camp” and serves as a logistical hinterland for Hizbullah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Iran sees its unequivocal backing for Syria as a demonstration of its ability to stay loyal to its allies despite the regional turmoil. Read More »
Iran, Hizbullah, Hamas and the Global Jihad: A New Conflict Paradigm for the West
Now radical Islam is gaining strength among the Palestinians with the victory of Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary elections of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas and its allies completely reject a negotiated solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and align themselves with jihadi organizations across the region. As a result, the Arab-Israeli conflict has become increasingly a part of the much larger struggle between radical Islam and the West. Read More »